#8B4DC9#8B4DC9

#8B4DC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.187 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DC9
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 201)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 49.59, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 73.89, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1043 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.187 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8416, 15.0138, 56.8889)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DC9 #8BC94D

analogous

#4D4DC9 #8B4DC9 #C94DC9

triadic

#8B4DC9 #C98B4D #4DC98B

tetradic

#8B4DC9 #C94D4D #8BC94D #4DC9C9

square

#8B4DC9 #C94D4D #8BC94D #4DC9C9

split-complementary

#8B4DC9 #C9C94D #4DC94D

monochromatic

#4E2477 #6C32A6 #8B4DC9 #AA7CD7 #C8ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#8B4DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#8B4DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DC9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DC9	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.187 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182da',
    500: '#8b4dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dc9;
$custom-light: #b182da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55284,
    "c": 0.18698,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DC9

secondary

#B9D39F

accent

#DD4B94

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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